Container-body.



W. i. CULLEN. CONTAINM` BODY.

. *KAPPLICATION FILED DEC. 27.19i5.

Patenfed Apr, 8, 191).

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Specincation :Ji/Letters etont.

Appieation filed Beoexnber 2?, w15. geriet 2te. @8,69%

'1'0 au wiwm zt may concern;

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. Cowen, a citizen of the United States., residing in Joliet. in the County of Wili and State of ilinois, have invented a new and useui m'provement in Container-Bodies, of which the following is a specification.

'This invention relates in general to container bodies and has more .particular reference to v container or box bodies constructed of corrugated fiber board'.

A principal object of the invention is the provision of a new' end improved connectionbetween adjacent-edges of such niaterial in a box or container body orpart.

Prior to my invention it hasnbeen `gem orally the custom, in constructing boxes or containers of various shapes and sizes of corrugated board, -to lering the adjacent edges together and paste over them a. sloth str1p,-one sometimes being pasted inside as well outside. Another method of eonnect ing the edges has been merely to overlap them and secure them in this position with an adhesive.

Containers and boxes of this character are now replacing wood and meta-l containers to a considerable extent. Heavy materials may be iackaged in themms the board itself is readiiy constructed of sufiioient strength. The means of fastening the ends together have, in the past, possessed far less strength than the strength of the corrugated board itself, and it is an object of this invention to provide a connection for fastening theedges together, which will materially increase the strength of this connection and make it more nearly approximate the strength of there.- mainder of the package.

A .further object of the invention is the give to the pearnnce, and this Without the utilization of more material then'has heretofore been required and also Without increasing materially the cost' of production.

Other objects and. advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better nnderstood. from the. following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing illustrating a pre.

ferred embodiment thereof.

lderstood from the foregoing df Referring to the drawing:

Figure l is a smal?. perspeetive view ot'- a. box embodyinw my invention;

Fig. 2 is e larger vievv of the same hon having theparts separeted lo the oonstruction; and e Fig. 3 is a partial energed section euh stantiaily in the piane, fai-3 of rThe box shown on'the drawing et gene eral rectangular forni and et eorr'ogateii board; although it 'xviii he manifest?. how ever, that it may have other tonne endbe constructed of other material. ln the pres ent instance the box is :termed e singie sheet of material creased or cored trans 'versely at i to deiine the side Willis and provided with end flaps E adapte-d to son stitnte the ends of the box. Three corners of the Abox in the present instance are termed. at 'the score lines, the biank or sheet heine; fold ahle on the score lines i to bring' the hos to the torni shown in 2. The free verticai edg, s G and T re adapted to be connected together to .finish the construction off the box, and it' is in the connection et these edges Athat the present embodiment o my invez'ition is found. @ne edge, 7, isestended bevond the superficial area of its adjacent wall 8 and is divided therefrom by a. score ce l line or crease 9. rlfhe central or corrugated.

ply l0 o1? the projecting edge time :Formed is removed or elimina-ted to provide' tivo.

spaced tongues l1 formed respectively et the inner and outer plies oi" materiel. The inner aces of these tongues, or upon the outer faces of the side l2 adjacent tl'ieedge 6, are provided with an adhesive and the edge 6 is inserted between the tivo tongue.. il which are v ressed down and secured upon the faces of t e side 'l2 near the edge 6 by the hesive.

This provides a conneetion hf" il iii? edges of the container or box f stre substantially equal to the staren t board, and of strength m'neh that provided by securing the gether-with cloth. f n g f it is thought that the inventions ot its attendant advantages,

ition,

and it` esili-,be manifest that variole cha ges may he made'in the forni, construction and win.

meteii of the cox and in the details of' the connection. be" Ween the edges wi'choue depfufting the spiiit and Scope 'of the inventioi e; sacrificing any of its materiai adve 11i agee', the formhereinbeforc described being meiey n, preferred embodiment thereof.

l claim.; l 'I .L )feine for coirugated fiber` board' boxes, said. boad comprising two outer Hat layers an intermedia@ corrugated layer, which @is of the united portions of two sections i aid board one arranged within the/other, first section being' e side of said box the ed layer of 'which is leftl intact, ami

meeee the second section being a bifurcated Hap of i5 :i contiguous side the corrugated layer of which 1s removed, the fla-t layers owhich ap embrace therst section, and"the`lat leyersof the second section being adhered directly to the faces of the. fla-t; layers of the 20 first section, both within the' box and Without the box, Signed in the. presenceof Jtwo suposcribn Witnesses. A

' WILLI-AM J. CULLEN. Witnesses:

FRANK N. SANDERS, BERT W; PEMBLE. 

